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Sure, "That'll never catch on" is funny in retrospect. But don't forget all the cases of "This is gonna be huge" which flop, too. Popular Mechanics did a retro
by spenczar5 12y ago
Sure, "That'll never catch on" is funny in retrospect. But don't forget all the cases of "This is gonna be huge" which flop, too.
Popular Mechanics did a retrospective which is an absolute circus of hits and misses: http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/g462/future-that-never-was-next-gen-tech-concepts/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/g462/future-that-neve...
- joncalhoun 12y agoSam covers this briefly with the prediction near the bottom about bitcoin.
- lojack 12y agoAttributed to "Many otherwise smart people."
- dsugarman 12y ago> 1921: Mail delivery by Parachute that one seems particularly relevant
- jsankey 12y agoExactly. The entire post is cherry-picking and proves nothing.